A mother-daughter combination from Poquoson sparked their team to first place in their flight as the USTA Virginia 18-and-over district championships continued at Huntington Park, Old Dominion and Christopher Newport.
Charo Hunter and her daughter Andrea...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — The Conrad Hotel in downtown Indianapolis includes a spa, art gallery and wine bar, opulence unavailable this weekend to the 10 men and women of the NCAA basketball tournament selection committee sequestered on the 18th floor.
Shadowed...

As Old Dominion’s women stumble out of the gate in Conference USA, it’s tempting to look toward the end of the bench and ponder the potential help wearing street clothes on game days.
Three of the perhaps top six players in the program are sitting out....

Virginia endured a 26-point beating from Florida in the teams’ opening NCAA basketball tournament game in 2012. Had the new bracketing guidelines that the NCAA unveiled Thursday been in place then, the Cavaliers and Gators would not have met.
To avoid...

In college baseball Friday, Ben Verlander and Gloucester High graduate Joey Burney belted home runs to help Old Dominion win 7-4 at James Madison in a series opener in Harrisonburg.Verlander, batting .398 this season, is showing he's much more than just...

Mike Tranghese, then commissioner of the Big East, is the first NCAA selection chairman I recall touting non-conference strength of schedule. The year was 2001, and Tranghese’s panel had not only included 16-14 Georgia in the bracket but also seeded the...

Selection Sunday used to be fascinating but maddening. Fascinating when the NCAA revealed the bracket for its basketball tournament. Maddening when the selection committee refused to detail its deliberations.
“If I told you, I’d have to kill you,” was...

Certainly, Quinn McDowell preferred that some things turn out differently. More wins, a conference title or two, a triumphant senior year.
As the college career winds down for one of the most selflessly productive players in the history of William and...

My prognosticator side detests this Final Four. VCU and Butler exited early on my bracket, Kentucky and Connecticut in the regional semifinals.
Ditto for 2006 when George Mason intruded. I had the Patriots losing to Michigan State in the first round.
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It took UC Irvine 38 years to qualify for the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, but now that the Anteaters are in, can they win a game? It's a tall order, but Irvine just might be in the zone. So predicts national college basketball writer...

Gonzaga's players were like blurs up the floor, whipping passes, filling lanes, dropping in three-pointers as their fans roared with each highlight.
These Bulldogs are fun to watch — and hard to catch once they get out front.
Kyle Wiltjer had 18...

In early October, coaches from each major college basketball program in Southern California gathered at the Los Angeles Athletic Club for an annual preseason luncheon. Each gave a short speech.
There were jokes, mainly about golfing and drinking or...

Stacy Davis scored 19 points and Pepperdine rallied to defeat San Diego, 50-47, on Saturday in a West Coast Conference quarterfinal.
Monday, the Waves (18-12) play No. 7 Gonzaga, which defeated San Francisco, 81-72. It will be Pepperdine's first...

INDIANAPOLIS — At NCAA headquarters, the basketball enthusiasts view Selection Sunday as Christmas morning.
This mock selection exercise would be akin to Thanksgiving.
"So let's eat," says David Worlock, the NCAA point man for this event.
And...